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Marketing year 2023/2024 wheat production is expected to drop sharply to around three-quarters of last year’s level as a result of the June drought and excessive rains in the fall of 2023 that affected Kazakhstan’s major grain producing Northern region.

On February 19, the Government of India (GOI) published a notification that rescinded -effective February 20- the import duty of 10 percent for cotton with a staple length above 32 millimeters (mm).

FAS Mumbai forecasts marketing year (MY) 2023/24 cotton production at 26 million 480 lb. bales on 12.7 million hectares area planted, unchanged from the previous forecast. A strong pace of new crop arrivals during the first four months of the MY indicates a much larger crop size than previous trade estimates.

FAS New Delhi estimates India’s rapeseed-mustard production for marketing year (MY) 2023/2024 (October-September) at 11.9 million metric tons (MMT), harvested from 9.3 million hectares following favorable cold weather during the rabi crop season.

Indian MY 2019/20 cotton arrivals have picked up pace, but ex-gin prices continue to remain below the minimum support price.

Pakistan requires a variety of export certifications for imported food and agricultural products.

Pakistan is a growing consumer market as new hotels, restaurants, and retail food sectors continue to open. Rapid urbanization and a young population are combining to shift traditional consumption....

In calendar year (CY) 2019, India saw a landmark move for the country’s animal husbandry sector by the newly re-elected Modi government.

Marketing year (MY) 2019/2020 cotton production is forecasted to increase to 142,000 bales (30,916 tons), a 3 percent increase over MY 2018/2019.